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one king, to whom the son of crooked-counselling Cronos hath vouchsafed the sceptre and judgments, that he may take counsel for his people. Thus masterfully did he range through the host, and they hasted back to the place of gathering from their ships and huts with noise, as when a wave of the loud-resounding sea

and the mother fluttered around them, wailing for her dear little ones; howbeit he coiled himself and caught her by the wing as she screamed about him. But when he had devoured the sparrow's little ones and the mother with them, the god, who had brought him to the light, made him to be unseen; for the son of crooked-counselling Cronos turned him to stone;

Even in such wise as the son of crooked-counselling Cronos sendeth a star to be a portent for seamen or for a wide host of warriors, a gleaming star, and therefrom the sparks fly thick; even so darted Pallas Athene to earth, and down she leapt into the midst; and amazement came upon all that beheld,

Out upon it, verily strong though he be he hath spoken overweeningly, if in sooth by force and in mine own despite he will restrain me that am of like honour with himself. For three brethren are we, begotten of Cronos, and born of Rhea,—Zeus, and myself, and the third is Hades, that is lord of the dead below. And in three-fold wise are all things divided, and unto each hath been apportioned his own domain.

at the first Zeus, the cloud-gatherer, begat DardanusDaDa, and he founded Dardania, for not yet was sacred Ilios builded in the plain to be a city of mortal men, but they still dwelt upon the slopes of many-fountained Ida. And DardanusDaDa in turn begat a son, king ErichthoniusErEr,

at the first Zeus, the cloud-gatherer, begat DardanusDaDa, and he founded Dardania, for not yet was sacred Ilios builded in the plain to be a city of mortal men, but they still dwelt upon the slopes of many-fountained Ida. And DardanusDaDa in turn begat a son, king ErichthoniusErEr,

Rise, thou son of Laomedon, the chieftains of the horse-taming Trojans, and of the brazen-coated Achaeans, summon thee to go down into the plain, that ye may swear oaths of faith with sacrifice. But Alexander and MenelausMeMe, dear to Ares, will do battle with long spears for the woman's sake;

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

Then EuryalusEuEu slew Dresus and Opheltius, and went on after Aesepus and PedasusPePe, whom on a time the fountain-nymph AbarbareaAbAb bare to peerless Bucolion. Now Bucolion was son of lordly Laomedon, his eldest born, though the mother that bare him was unwed;

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

There on this day did the Trojans and their allies separate their companies. The Trojans were led by great Hector of the flashing helm, the son of Priam, and with him were marshalled the greatest hosts by far and the goodliest, raging with the spear. Of the Dardanians again the valiant son of Anchises was captain,

Rise, thou son of Laomedon, the chieftains of the horse-taming Trojans, and of the brazen-coated Achaeans, summon thee to go down into the plain, that ye may swear oaths of faith with sacrifice. But Alexander and MenelausMeMe, dear to Ares, will do battle with long spears for the woman's sake;

So spake the godlike man, and let place the lambs in his chariot, and himself mounted, and drew back the reins, and by his side Antenor mounted the beauteous car; and the twain departed back to Ilios. But Hector, Priam's son, and goodly Odysseus

when he is hungry; for greedily doth he devour it, even though swift dogs and lusty youths set upon him: even so was MenelausMeMe glad when his eyes beheld godlike Alexander; for he thought that he had gotten him vengeance on the sinner. And forthwith he leapt in his armour from his chariot to the ground.

but to thy father and city and all the people a grievous bane—to thy foes a joy, but to thine own self a hanging down of the head? Wilt thou indeed not abide MenelausMeMe, dear to Ares? Thou wouldest learn what manner of warrior he is whose lovely wife thou hast. Then will thy lyre help thee not, neither the gifts of Aphrodite,

and they lean upon their shields, and beside them their long spears are fixed. But Alexander and MenelausMeMe, dear to Ares, will do battle with their long spears for thee; and whoso shall conquer, his dear wife shalt thou be called. So spake the goddess, and put into her heart sweet longing

Rise, thou son of Laomedon, the chieftains of the horse-taming Trojans, and of the brazen-coated Achaeans, summon thee to go down into the plain, that ye may swear oaths of faith with sacrifice. But Alexander and MenelausMeMe, dear to Ares, will do battle with long spears for the woman's sake;

to face the son of Peleus, and he put into him great might: and he likened his own voice to that of LycaonLyLy, son of Priam. In his likeness spake unto Aeneas the son of Zeus, Apollo: Aeneas, counsellor of the Trojans, where be now thy threats, wherewith thou wast wont to declare unto the princes of the Trojans over thy wine,

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

Rise, thou son of Laomedon, the chieftains of the horse-taming Trojans, and of the brazen-coated Achaeans, summon thee to go down into the plain, that ye may swear oaths of faith with sacrifice. But Alexander and MenelausMeMe, dear to Ares, will do battle with long spears for the woman's sake;

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

Rise, thou son of Laomedon, the chieftains of the horse-taming Trojans, and of the brazen-coated Achaeans, summon thee to go down into the plain, that ye may swear oaths of faith with sacrifice. But Alexander and MenelausMeMe, dear to Ares, will do battle with long spears for the woman's sake;

sons twain of Priam; and a third was with them, the warrior AsiusAsAs,—AsiusAsAs son of HyrtacusHyHy, whom his horses tawny and great had borne from Arisbe, from the river Selleïs. And of the fourth company the valiant son of Anchises was leader, even Aeneas, and with him were Antenor's two sons,

So saying, he aroused the strength and spirit of every man. Then among them with high heart strode Deïphobus, son of Priam, and before him he held his shield that was well-balanced upon every side, stepping forward lightly on his feet and advancing under cover of his shield. And MerionesMeMe aimed at him with his bright spear,

Rise, thou son of Laomedon, the chieftains of the horse-taming Trojans, and of the brazen-coated Achaeans, summon thee to go down into the plain, that ye may swear oaths of faith with sacrifice. But Alexander and MenelausMeMe, dear to Ares, will do battle with long spears for the woman's sake;

had not the son of Priam, Helenus, far the best of augurs, come up to Aeneas and Hector, and said to them: Aeneas and Hector, seeing that upon you above all others rests the war-toil of Trojans and Lycians, for that in every undertaking ye are the best both in war and in counsel,

to do battle with him man to man in dread combat. So shall the bronze-greaved Achaeans have indignation and rouse some one to do battle in single combat against goodly Hector. So he spake, and the goddess, flashing-eyed Athene, failed not to hearken. And Helenus, the dear son of Priam, understood in spirit

and he failed not to hearken to goodly Agamemnon. But Iris went as a messenger to white-armed Helen, in the likeness of her husband's sister, the wife of Antenor's son, even her that lord HelicaonHeHe, Antenor's son, had to wife, LaodiceLaLa, the comeliest of the daughters of Priam.

Rise, thou son of Laomedon, the chieftains of the horse-taming Trojans, and of the brazen-coated Achaeans, summon thee to go down into the plain, that ye may swear oaths of faith with sacrifice. But Alexander and MenelausMeMe, dear to Ares, will do battle with long spears for the woman's sake;

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

Then EuryalusEuEu slew Dresus and Opheltius, and went on after Aesepus and PedasusPePe, whom on a time the fountain-nymph AbarbareaAbAb bare to peerless Bucolion. Now Bucolion was son of lordly Laomedon, his eldest born, though the mother that bare him was unwed;he while shepherding his flocks lay with the nymph in love, and she conceived and bare twin sons. Of these did the son of MecisteusMeMe loose the might and the glorious limbs and strip the armour from their shoulders. And PolypoetesPoPo staunch in fight slew AstyalusAsAs,

Then EuryalusEuEu slew Dresus and Opheltius, and went on after Aesepus and PedasusPePe, whom on a time the fountain-nymph AbarbareaAbAb bare to peerless Bucolion. Now Bucolion was son of lordly Laomedon, his eldest born, though the mother that bare him was unwed;

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

And swift-footed Iris stood near and spake to them; and she made her voice like to that of PolitesPoPo, son of Priam, who was wont to sit as a sentinel of the Trojans, trusting in his fleetness of foot, on the topmost part of the barrow of aged Aesyetes, awaiting until the Achaeans should sally forth from their ships.

Rise, thou son of Laomedon, the chieftains of the horse-taming Trojans, and of the brazen-coated Achaeans, summon thee to go down into the plain, that ye may swear oaths of faith with sacrifice. But Alexander and MenelausMeMe, dear to Ares, will do battle with long spears for the woman's sake;

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

Then EuryalusEuEu slew Dresus and Opheltius, and went on after Aesepus and PedasusPePe, whom on a time the fountain-nymph AbarbareaAbAb bare to peerless Bucolion. Now Bucolion was son of lordly Laomedon, his eldest born, though the mother that bare him was unwed;he while shepherding his flocks lay with the nymph in love, and she conceived and bare twin sons. Of these did the son of MecisteusMeMe loose the might and the glorious limbs and strip the armour from their shoulders. And PolypoetesPoPo staunch in fight slew AstyalusAsAs,

Then EuryalusEuEu slew Dresus and Opheltius, and went on after Aesepus and PedasusPePe, whom on a time the fountain-nymph AbarbareaAbAb bare to peerless Bucolion. Now Bucolion was son of lordly Laomedon, his eldest born, though the mother that bare him was unwed;

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

but Hector made straight for glorious Aias. They twain were labouring in the toil of war about the same ship, nor might the one drive back the other and burn the ship with fire, nor the other thrust him in back, now that a god had brought him nigh. Then did glorious Aias cast his spear and smite upon the breast CaletorCaCa, son of ClytiusClCl,

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

Rise, thou son of Laomedon, the chieftains of the horse-taming Trojans, and of the brazen-coated Achaeans, summon thee to go down into the plain, that ye may swear oaths of faith with sacrifice. But Alexander and MenelausMeMe, dear to Ares, will do battle with long spears for the woman's sake;

and he asked in marriage the comeliest of the daughters of Priam, even Cassandra; he brought no gifts of wooing, but promised a mighty deed, that he would drive forth perforce out of Troy-land the sons of Achaeans. To him the old man Priam promised that he would give her, and bowed his head thereto, and Othryoneus fought, trusting in his promise.

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

Rise, thou son of Laomedon, the chieftains of the horse-taming Trojans, and of the brazen-coated Achaeans, summon thee to go down into the plain, that ye may swear oaths of faith with sacrifice. But Alexander and MenelausMeMe, dear to Ares, will do battle with long spears for the woman's sake;

while with the other he grasped a stone, shining and jagged, that his hand compassed about. Firmly he planted himself, and hurled it, neither had he long awe of his foe, nor sped he his missile in vain, but smote the charioteer of Hector, even CebrionesCeCe, a bastard son of glorious Priam, upon the forehead with the sharp stone, as he was holding the reins of the horses.

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

Meanwhile upon him leapt DolopsDoDo, well skilled with the spear, the son of LampusLaLa, whom LampusLaLa, son of Laomedon, begat, even his bravest son, well skilled in furious might; he it was that then thrust with his spear full upon the shield of PhyleusPhPh' son, setting upon him from nigh at hand. But his cunningly-wrought corselet saved him,

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

Rise, thou son of Laomedon, the chieftains of the horse-taming Trojans, and of the brazen-coated Achaeans, summon thee to go down into the plain, that ye may swear oaths of faith with sacrifice. But Alexander and MenelausMeMe, dear to Ares, will do battle with long spears for the woman's sake;

There Diomedes slew them, and bereft them of dear life, both the twain; but for the father he left lamentation and grievous sorrow, seeing they lived not for him to welcome them on their return; and the next of kin divided his goods. Then took he two sons of Priam, DardanusDaDa' son,EchemmonEcEc and ChromiusChCh, the twain being in one car. Even as a lion leapeth among the kine and breaketh the neck of a heifer or a cow as they graze in a woodland pasture, so did Tydeus' son thrust both these in evil wise from their car, sorely against their will, and thereafter despoiled them of their armour;

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

Rise, thou son of Laomedon, the chieftains of the horse-taming Trojans, and of the brazen-coated Achaeans, summon thee to go down into the plain, that ye may swear oaths of faith with sacrifice. But Alexander and MenelausMeMe, dear to Ares, will do battle with long spears for the woman's sake;

He spake, and shot another arrow from the string straight against Hector; and his heart was fain to smite him. Howbeit him he missed, but peerless GorgythionGoGo he smote in the breast with his arrow, Priam's valiant son, that a mother wedded from Aesyme had born,

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

Rise, thou son of Laomedon, the chieftains of the horse-taming Trojans, and of the brazen-coated Achaeans, summon thee to go down into the plain, that ye may swear oaths of faith with sacrifice. But Alexander and MenelausMeMe, dear to Ares, will do battle with long spears for the woman's sake;

And TeucerTeTe, son of Telamon, was first to slay his man, even the spearman Imbrius, the son of Mentor, rich in horses. He dwelt in Pedaeum before the sons of the Achaeans came, and had to wife a daughter of Priam that was born out of wedlock, even MedesicasteMeMe; but when the curved ships of the Danaans came

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

But Hector called to his kinsmen, one and all, and first did he chide HicetaonHiHi's son, strong MelanippusMeMe. He until this time had been wont to feed his kine of shambling gait in Percote, while the foemen were yet afar, but when the curved ships of the Danaans came,

from the warrior as he cast. Not in vain did he let fly his spear, but smote HicetaonHiHi's son, MelanippusMeMe, high of heart, as he was coming to the battle, upon the breast beside the nipple; and he fell with a thud, and darkness enfolded his eyes. And AntilochusAnAn sprang upon him, as a hound that darteth upon a wounded fawn,

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

Rise, thou son of Laomedon, the chieftains of the horse-taming Trojans, and of the brazen-coated Achaeans, summon thee to go down into the plain, that ye may swear oaths of faith with sacrifice. But Alexander and MenelausMeMe, dear to Ares, will do battle with long spears for the woman's sake;

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

And IlusIlIl again begat a son, peerless Laomedon, and Laomedon begat TithonusTiTi and Priam and ClytiusClCl, and HicetaonHiHi, scion of Ares. And AssaracusAsAs begat CapysCaCa, and he Anchises; but Anchises begat me and Priam goodly Hector.

Rise, thou son of Laomedon, the chieftains of the horse-taming Trojans, and of the brazen-coated Achaeans, summon thee to go down into the plain, that ye may swear oaths of faith with sacrifice. But Alexander and MenelausMeMe, dear to Ares, will do battle with long spears for the woman's sake;